Posted on 04/20/2005 8:31:40 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A woman who was fired by Costco in 2001 for refusing to remove her eyebrow ring has accused the company of religious discrimination, saying she is a member of the Church of Body Modification.
Kimberly M. Cloutier said she wears her eyebrow ring as a sign of faith. She has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider hearing the case.
The church, established in 1999, counts about 1,000 members who participate in practices such as piercing and tattooing, according to a December ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a trial judge's finding in Costco's favor.
Lynn A. Kappelman, a lawyer for Costco, declined to comment. The company has argued that Cloutier's beliefs are political or social instead of religious.
Cloutier's lawyer, Michael O. Shea, filed a petition Monday asking the Supreme Court consider hearing the case.
oops sorry, guess I should learn reading and comprehension with Evelyn Wood.
Agreed! That is a pic from the Beer Church site. Maybe they need a new pope!
If they can fire you for smoking, they can fire you for piercing. There are some people I just won't look at with all the crap they have hanging off their face. It's disgusting.
I'd be curious to know who this chick prayes to.
Every night is Friday night at my house. The downside is that 5 out of 7 mornings are Monday! ; )
Easy to get tripped up in a thread.
My whole morning has been one big trip-up. So far today, if it could go wrong, it went wrong. I'm seriously thinking of crawling back into bed and pulling the covers over my head.
I need to do the same thing.
I've met Ivan Stang, Jesus and Mary, ect... While some Sub-G's have some piercings, there ain't many of us quite THAT nuts. Or course, tattoo's are a different story.
The Mandinka tribe of Gambia, Africa, adheres to a religious practice completely unique to its people -- they worship actress Salma Hayek's breasts!
While most primitive societies tend to pray to animal or ancestral spirits, or to stars and planets as the Mandinkans once did, that all changed in 1995.
Mandinkan farmer Danjuma Kianga remembers, through an interpreter, the moment it happened.
"As a special treat, Chief Tuamanguluka arranged for a movie to be shown here for the first time ever. The movie was Desperado, starring the blessed Salma Hayek as Carolina, a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord."
When Hayek first appeared on screen, the Mandinkans were blown away by the sight of the 36C-25-37 actress. "Everyone gasped -- men, women, and children," recalls Kianga. "Salma was breathtakingly exquisite. She gave off a force, a light, an energy that came right through the screen and entered our very souls."
How do I join the tribe.
When I first saw this article the thought that ran through my head was "What do they worship... the holy pierced nipple?" This just seems to fit in with that theme.
When I first saw this article the thought that ran through my head was "What do they worship... the holy pierced nipple?" This just seems to fit in with that theme.
Sorry about the double tap.
many members in southern california and in show business.
It looks like part of the O-Kee-Pa, an warrior initiation ritual of the Mandan Indians in the early 1800's.
After the skewers were inserted behind the muscles, the initiate would be hoisted from the floor with heavy weights tied to the legs. They were then spun to unconsciousness.
Someone must have revived the practice.
This woman is a jerk. An employer has the right to demand your appearance is presentable as they see it at your job. If you do not like it, you can leave, it is your choice.
" Church of Body Modification? 'eh? Well, unlucky for you I am a member of the "Church of Kicking You In The Ass"
Funniest thing I've read today.
"After the skewers were inserted behind the muscles, the initiate would be hoisted from the floor with heavy weights tied to the legs. They were then spun to unconsciousness"
You're joking.
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